Police, schools on alert as 'assassination' game returns to Arlington

Wednesday

Apr 30, 2014 at 3:00 PM

By Ami Olsonaolson@wickedlocal.com

Early Monday morning, Arlington police responded to a report of man carrying what looked like a gun on Franklin Street, but found an Arlington High School senior playing the “senior assassination” game.

Read the police log entry here.

In response, AHS Principal Matthew Janger issued a statement by email to subscribers of the AHS News email list about the dangers of the game and playing with toy guns.

Janger wrote that the school is aware that some students play the game, which is essentially a game of tag with squirt guns, but that it is not sanctioned by the school, nor is it allowed on campus or during school hours.

Squirt guns brought to school will be confiscated and will not be returned, Janger wrote.

Calling the situation “potentially dangerous,” Janger strongly urged students not to play the game and to be aware of how squirt guns could be mistaken for a real gun “with deadly consequences.”

Do you have a child at AHS who is participating in the controversial game? Did you talk with them about the potential dangers? Do you think the game should be banned, or is this just kids being kids?